World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Burleigh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
Chief Commissaryman
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
USS Meredith
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Circumstances:
One of 186 crew members Killed In Action in the sinking of the destroyer U.S.S. Meredith (DD-434) by Japanese aircraft from the carrier Zuikaku while the ship was enroute from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal with supplies
Biography:
born Fredonia, ND 5 Aug 12; resident Burleigh County, ND; entered US Navy Mpls, MN 15 Jan 30; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 15 Oct 42 at sea; memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing on the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, PI.